This has apparently been achieved without the necessity for any human sacrifices, which I read was a habit of the Mayans.

It's interesting that the news report suggests that hardly anyone took
the "end of the world" prediction seriously - which of course is as it
should be, even though the Mayans were apparently good astronomers. I can't say that I have much sympathy for the "disappointed
journalists" who, it is reported, could turn up few, if any, "true believers".